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Show CARBON COUNTY NOW WORSE THAN BROKE I Extravagance, Incom petency and Waste of Funds Make the Bull Moose Administration Admin-istration the Limit. The nnnunl flnancinl report of Cnrbon county for the year ending June .'10, 1015, prepared by E. S. Horsley, county clerk, npproved by tho lonrd of county commissioners and ordered published by them, made it appearance in last week's Issue of the News-Advocate. It is buried on the patent inside of that publication, alongside of Lydia Pinkham, little liver pills, kidney cure, pilo salve, pale pills for pink people and similar advertising a position where newspaper readers would never suspect matters of local Interest. Tho burial of the report thus Is no doubt intentional by those most concerned. While the report is vague in many respects, yet it succinctly shows that the "bull moose" administration has during tho past year been true to itu previous history in it reckless handling of the public funds, and its entire disregard of tho statutory limitations IJIIIbyil UIIUII Ull! IHJWIT Ul IIIU uuiuu ui cuuiuy commissioners in the creation of county debts. Much of the report deals in generalities, so that it is extremely difficult to nnalyze, as for instance among tho disbursements is contained an item, "general expense $5,211.40." Whether this money has been donated to administration pets, or whether it has been expended for legitimate legiti-mate purposes is not indicated, and any taxpayer who might desire to know what tho $5211.46 had been expended for would have to go over tho county books and figure it out for himself. There is also an item of disbursements which shows "premium on county officers' bonds $1,015.00." If Tho Sun is correctly informed there is no statutory authority for tho county commissioners commission-ers to pay tho premiums on tho bonds of county officers. County officers nre paid salaries, and are required to furnish their own bonds. Thcro is certainly nothing in the defined powers of tho county commissioners which authorizes such an obligation to be incurred on behalf of tho county. This being true, tho official ring in office have by means of such appropriation mulcted the taxpayers tax-payers in that one item out of more than a thousand thou-sand dollars. Carbon County Worse Than Unnkrupt. Tho indigent poor fund item is represented by $3,G2G.77. This would seem to be a very large expenditure for that purpose, as it represents n very largo percentage of tho moneys available for tho operation of the coiuHy's affairs. Wo assume that the indigent poor nre very grateful to the progressive administration, wliilo the in-dignant in-dignant poor taxpayers may well investigate tho detail of the large item so represented, particularly particu-larly with n vlow of ascertaining tho reasonableness reasonable-ness of BJth appropriations, and in cases where supplies have been furnished, tho prices should be examined, nnd Tho Sun has no doubt but that the bulk of that item is represented in appropriations appropria-tions to "bull moose" merchants who have charged a plenty for all supplies furnished. An item is indicated of $9,020.00 for work on roads and bridges." Probably one-third of this sum would represent the grand total of valuo flowing from that expenditure. In the statement state-ment of receipts $258.00 is indicated as tho aggregate ag-gregate amount collected during tho year for poll taxes. This would indicate that about 10 per cent of the legitimate poll taxes is being collected in the county. The report also shows thnt tho county Ih worse than bankrupt. BONDED TO THE LIMIT WITH OVER $100,000.00 OF BONDED DEBT- MORE THAN $16,000.00 IN WARRANTS OUTSTANDING: $14,000.00 IN NOTES AT BANKS: NEARLY $20,000.00 IN COURT JUDGMENTS. AND AN OVERDRAFT OF OVER $2,000.00 BESIDES I I'ortunute That Property Isn't Portable. The statement Ib approved by tho commissioners commission-ers nnd sworn to by the clerk, nnd about tho only satisfactory surprise that it contains is in its detail de-tail of general assets, consisting of county property, prop-erty, which shows that the court house, the poor house, somo county bridges and n pesthouse are still owned by the county. It is n fortunate fact thnt this property Is not portable. Tho most .H cursory examination of the statement will con- f M vlnce nny intelligent reader of the utter Incffi- I 1 ciency of the county officials, who are mnnnging h M tho affairs of Cnrbon county. The enrmnrks of f M favoritism, and of extravagance arc everywhere C' ' M apparent, nnd when the taxpayers receive their f M statement of taxes, as they will in tho courso of M a few days, they will be appalled by the tretnen- dous rnto of increase in tho tax levies resulting ' Kl from such incompetency. IN THE CITY OF I . H PRICE THE AGGREGATE RATE WILL BE t . W . H IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 7 PER CENT. I. -M It is little wonder that citizens of this com- j lp H munity have at different times effected organl- , ' j H zntions for the purpose of entreating the sheriff Wt H to grant permission for the conduct of business m H in violation of law. Between the two occanB H thcro is not another community with anywhere H nenr as high a rate of taxation. No mnn can R c H mnko an honest return on his property valuation, ft H pay the taxes, and preserve his property from H cpnflscntion, if cngnged in the conduct of legiti- Hr - H mntc business. The fnvoritcs of the administrn- H tion, ns might naturally bo expected, arc taxed - H nt a comparatively low valuation, nnd this fnct k ,H together with the favoritism shown to them in K. H other ways by the board of county commission- V H crs enables somo shaky institutions to survive, K H even under the extravagant system in operation S 'H in this county. Thnt tho commissioners pnid as V H high hs nine dollars per thousand to Stevenson H H for lumber above current market prices is a fact v H well known to all the people who live here, nnd is I K H an illustration of the sublime beauties of pro- I H JM grcssivcism as it is engineered In Cnrbon county. . , i V1 H No Interest Paid On County Funds. I . HL H Bnrboglio's bank at Helper holds tho county ' m H funds, upon which it pays no interest, nt the ' . F, H same time loaning the money back to Carbon , . B H cuuiii. ai. o my cuui., wiiuu iiiu win uium ui niu , m m county in tho hnnds of tho general public bear flf, M but 5 per cent interest. That tho bank of Barbo- K M glio and County Commissioner Hamilton is being Jf M handsomely rewnrdetl for the trick its officers Wjk M turned in behalf of tho "bull mooscrs" in tho last , I m fl election is Indicated in tho finnncinl statement ' S H of the county. Thoso taxpayers who voted the Wt M progressive band into power aro receiving juat m- H whnt they voted for, and they aro ignorant in- ' , W deed if they cannot see that property values In .1 K H Cnrbon county will never return to 50 per cent m M of normal until theso men aro displaced, nnd nil ' m H economical and Intelligent business administrn- l Ji H tion is given the supervision of county affairs. j . m H Your prutlcnt man will nover buy property in n .' p H community burdenctl with a tax of 7 por cent, 1 Ic, H never NEVER. Economy of administration f -1 - 'r'H expenses can only effect a decreaso In taxation, if r'-H nnd n decreaso in taxation Is the strongest factor .-'I? i ;.. -H by whicli enhnnccd property values ore influ- ;!U j c "" H enccd. Public funds aro being continuously dl- il'al ifc'';('H verted into improper channels thousands of Hlit W , nuH dollars have been uselessly wnsted in futile llti- iifjfj ' ''""H gation, and in feathering the nests of tho politi- I y. -j f ' M cal henchmen of irresponsible servants in whose 4 J ( v fl hnnds have been placed the affairs of Carbon , . ; y ,. county. j. j'.., f Now the grotesque spectacle is presented of n &V 4 I bunch of church deacons and others who make if, I , H serious claims to respectability, seriously soak- II k -, ing to influence the sheriff to permit tho open- 'l i ' ing of bawdy houses and the utter disregard of iiy p law on the part of tho saloonists in order thnt mj r . M their business may continue to exist under the fur' iU burdens resulting from the election of incompe- jfifji M tents to public off ice. This suggestion is not in- Bui; ' W tonded to apply to Sheriff Henry, who had tho Hlf j( , , llllillliuuu Ul DVUIII1UIIJ v,..i.i.llft mvi -.i . i,' 1 't overtures mado to him, and who has expressed fy i " .y himself as being henrtily asuamed of the political t I . , I ",' bosses who have sought to Induco him to dlsre- ll t'r I r gnrd his oath of office in order that they and f j. f. , their friends might be nblc to reap a profit from 1 f ' I K t criminal practices. I t 8 Benfcr's Graft Is Working Smoothly. jt j j j Under tho heading of "books and stationery" h jL r it will be noticed that the sum of $2594.92 was M VhA spent the pnst year. For the same time ending Ji tjt Of it June 30, 1914, tha expenditure was $1741.79, an L m jP 'i increase for tho year of $845.18. For tho year 1 Hp h ending June 30, 1913, the expenditures for books 8 Kg K J and stationery totaled $m01.85, so that for the I IK f " past year the cost of books and static nery was jMSS r',;; almost double what it was when the "bull moose" ul J crowd went into office. This is explnlned by the nj pi!,(- fact that under tho "bull moose" nnd democratic rT - up? y commissioners there has been no competition on 1 ii A '1 printing. Local people, nor outsiders for that 1 If K--' 4 matter, have not been icrmlttcd to file bids on m lk F' J tho county's work. All has been handed over to kvn k M Benfcr, socialist, of the Carbon County NewB 1 1 fajf (News-Advocate). On publications In tho News I M nvi as much ns 30 to 40 per cent Is paid Bencr in jn raj rjm excess of wlint the same would cost if it had been wi ,fTJ . done by tho old Advocate or Tho Sun. The rates (MB r jJ (Concluded on pago tour.) ISar' '! W I. buBSm CARBON COUNTY IS WORSE THAN BROKE (Continued from page one.) chnrged by The Sun nnd the News-Advocate nrc the same per line, but where Bcnfcr gets his 30 nnd 40 per cent excess is in tho sl7c of type used, the News-Advocnto being the larger type by nbout the percentage named. Books and job printing furnished the county nre no doubt charged for in nbout the snmc exorbitant proportion. pro-portion. However, the organ and editor for the progressive crowd must be' taken care of, and The Sun imagines tills rank thievery nnd fnvor-itism fnvor-itism will go on as long ns the present outfit Is in the saddle. SK months of the time the S1301.85 was expended wns under a republican bonrd of county commissioners. Republicans mostly filled fill-ed the other offices of tho county. Ingloriously Defeated In Suits. An effort wns made by the commissioners to impose an additional tax on the lands occupied by miners' dwellings in the camps of n local conl company approximating nn increase of about ten thousand dollnrs per year, in order to rniso money to cover some of the debts incurred by the board, but when their action wns tested in the courts they were Ingloriously defeated, with the result that but ono recourse was left open to them to obviate bankruptcy, nnd that will bo manifest to the taxpayers when they receive their fnll tax statements. So long ns the commissioners pay no heed whatsoever to the law, so long ns bonds nre Issued nnd floated in excess of the county's debt limit; so long ns moneys nre expended in gobs for lumber nt exorbitant prices, for premiums pre-miums on bonds furnished by administration pets nnd nn utter disregard is felt concerning the welfare of taxpayers, no improvement can be expected ex-pected in local business conditions, and the only hope of the taxpayer and citizen lies in the pos-slbi.my pos-slbi.my ,f effectinK change at the next election. This change will ultimately occur. It will occur oc-cur at the very next election if the voters of Carbon Car-bon county will exercise their brains sufficiently to see what a rotten deal they are getting from the progressive bunch. ci.ntK'K ri, uri'oitT rou tiii: muii i:m. INC. JrU3. 101., CAltllON COl'NTV, !TH. Tiitnl rinelpta from Jill) I. lH, o Jul, t Cuh tin hand Jul) l. 19H ,. $Ssc'.o2s S? Tftnl flUlmriMiineiita from Jul) 1, ion. to Jul)'17'" S0 Cnh on hand Jul) 1, luii . .,,.,, ,," Jrs" i? ANAMHIH Ol ItHCKIITh. JIJI.V J( ,,, TOll!' " Clerk a tttm ' . , . hog tax . . . I ' St:ll' lleeoriler'a femt . ....! , JX.'SS Sheriff a few. H9?,i0 litfanurvr'H fewi Si JJ Kim n from Juntlr wnrt .. . , .'" , .?! 5? I.liiuur HventMa ,, i.iib 01 Itufund pro rata wilurlt 5f 21 Stute Jim nnd wltnitiw fit ..!...:'' " , 7?H! Tax eul rtilemuilMlw . ..!!'. HSI'S AihiltUlliK ttmU . S!7'1 Int. nt lull bulueff . ."'V' JJJ roil tux i ' yjy.it Car lumiMin) Uxw " "48 00 IDlt tukwa VIC.M Itufunil O C Satan HS JO Itttfunil Jamea Cliorry 181 Jl1 HIIU iHoabl. (llelp.r State nk)' '..'.." ' ia Ji SS I State at IhhiI apportUmmt.nl .... ! ' lS'?2X?2 Sule of ealrmya , 18. ISO IS , Itefuiiil (0llm Juiiw) M0 Attaihmenu . ISO 00 i Pureat rufxine fund . !! ' " l ltefuiul muw and plata . . J07 01 Matured limn (Itond Kinking fu'ml)'" losn-o I Total rtHelpu for tho wir T. ' Cnah on hand Jul) 1. 1814 ' JJ91.10S9J I cms: 37 ANAMS.8 op MBHIMCBBMBNTH, JULY u'VAlfVc? C6U1U) ultrk'a and ileputleit' lalnn County uttorne)'. und'deputl"' .alary ?'560 Coun) treasurer a d depu y?n Srv ' " ! Count) recorder and dtKutW iauL S.1BS0I Countytherlfr, and dpnfiSr- U?i ,'" Janltor'a nalur) iBry , stii t County iure))ora naltr) ' .00 00 USJ,41 Count) rommlMlnnera' enlnry . I III l) Count) nMeimor'H nnd dcputlea' Knlnry 111111 Count) commlndonenT cxpcniio . . jjJ Oenernl expenno (ill it llonkn and Ptntlom r) till) Premium nn county officers' hondn I til it Count) Jail jjl, lioittd of prlminerd tllili Dlntrlit rourt,expenie llllMt Jur) nnd wllneim (Juntlre court) .. 1111.11 Jucnllo eourt (Mil Dependent mothers . ........ 1 (li;i In.llitent poor j m.:? ItUDlmr pauperit Ill II Inmne .... ...... iHU Hnnltar) nnd iiuarnntfne nm Court hou' nnd lands juj. I'rult tree Inspector ) Dee InntHTtor Mll.ll Farm demonstrutor 41m Iteglrter of denths nnd births :dh 1'iiiiMtnn exposition I 1M 11 Count) fair . .. mit It. fund pro rntn Mlurles .. ....... 21(1 Itef nnd mlseellaneous. ju.n Urine Hlnkln fund . . 7 in Wmk un riHids nnd lirl.lgrH , M1UI State nnd statn school t 51.1 J7JJ II iKh school JMIMI Dlmrkt i hoots lilt II Count) sthool 11,111.11 Count) ruperlntcndent'B fund HIT It Clllrs nnd towns . J.lltll Slate iHMinty . tun State road 7,111)1 llond Interest 3,11111 Kttate fund , ,, Ulii Hlnte rnlrmptlona JLII 1 Jur) nnd wltnrw (criminal) I IILD Warrants taken In on taxes II III 17 Warrants Issued prior to July 1, 1914 .. 1 HUt !IM(VU Uss warrants Urued July 1, 1H, to Jul) 1, ' laiB. not et presented for pn)ment J.I1IU Totnl dlshursements I1II7UII Cash on hand Jul) 1, IMS :0 111.11 1 DIHTIIIIIITKIN OK TUNOH AT THIS C1.08t3 OKUWl-' NHKH. JUNI3 30, 11B. I pendent mothers t Sit t Count) school 1,11111 Count) superlntendi nt 1 ssj.ll County hiBh sthool , nut Count) fair un Count) hond slnklnK fund SJ 4IMI Count) Ixind Int. rest fund , 4 OH II . Jur) ami wltms fund Ill HI Trnmltor) tax fund of 101E ....... IIIM' State redemption fund Still State tax fund , till Stale road fund ..... , Sllll State hount) fund Ill Htuflelil nhfjol district SMI Csstle (lato school district tlUi Help, r sihooPdlitrlLt Till Hprlnir (lien school district ! I'rlie si hool district , Sllll W ellliiKton school district Ill' HuniDsldo rohnol district Kxnlluorth school district ;...... ' lllawntha school dlttrlit JM' Storrs school dlnrkt Sill Catlion school district I' I'rlce ilt) !!.'.. .! .. 1! WellliiKtun town Ill1 Hiofieid .!!!!!!!!!. ...... nti I 3SS.4III' County eeneral fund fmerdrawn) $ ''!'i Count) poor fund fmtrdrawn) ....... . Cash on hand . ...!!.... . 50,111.11 1 Totnl $ 11,111 U1 llond UAIHUT1E8 , Warrants outstandlns; ..'..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.".'. '" lM, o.,,;Ju,r,l)!:sk, ,NUniM wnrranu o" - u j!l!!4 Court Judnments . ".!!I!"!i.;;i '''' !i J " md,r;"..-U,,,'roprlMlon "... liV Hrme ninkln fund'. !.'.''''"' ! ' ' 7ilTiM Jlnee , Unk ..CA.8,.'.-A8.8f; . . , J0ll a: ss ;r.:i! ssrjas !'..u.".e. : : : fM , n!imi iV"" iWrKht Co. on Interest road nd hrldKes Itonds 1.1 j Total 1 Sl.lltll BTATKMU.NT oi' WAIlitANTS IBSUKP ' aMMll fl,.Ju,y . H. to July 1, 1916 . ,.,,t Imli.', f.UnJ ""ttnta Issued ..... . . . I .'K , nA,nrrla, "r',u.n".e.n.t.?,.".,.h.e.rr Jj!i 1 Tomi 1 11,111 K I 'JIT8TANDINO WAlUtANTa 1 ssr?"1!' "''ta.,dinuioi !!!?. . . 1 , I JWrrunut outstandlnK 1909 l!!f! W'HrraTlts outstnnd ni 1S10 ," I Warrant. outsiS" " a ? .' ' J Jnirams outrtamllnK 9 3 . J!M Warrants nutHinndlng 191S '!!!! Warrants out.tund n 191? . ' . . 1 Warrants outstandjiigl 191B .... ,. JLI!Ii- Total t 1 UOIt'1 ' t'ourtthV."r?' 1VU'o,,'5Tvlloi:NBUAL A83rT ,, ' County0hrldKeill"n,t and T0Un,i" lOW ' S'ffliffiiS:::::: : . 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